“Is this what you want, Dad?” Brandon asked.

“To wreck your reputation in this town?”

“I’m protecting the estate your mother helped build,” I said.

“The Hendersons called five minutes ago,” Brandon said.

“They’re stunned.

Nobody in this neighborhood is going to be on your side after this.”

“I’m not asking anybody to take sides,” I said.

“They think you’ve lost it,” Brandon said.